Journal article
Distributed leadership of school curriculum change: an integrative approach
School leadership & management, Vol.36(2), pp.204-220
14/03/2016
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Abstract
Since its inception in 1999, the distributed leadership framework of Spillane, Halverson, and Diamond [2004. "Towards a Theory of Leadership Practice: A Distributed Perspective." Journal of Curriculum Studies 36 (1): 3-34. doi: 10.1080/0022027032000106726] has supported research into leadership and change in schools. Whilst the conceptual integrity of the framework is sound, research based upon its premises has attracted some criticism. The research has had a narrowed focus which has not generally reflected the inseparability of the elements of the framework and the situation within which leadership is enacted. In addition, it often fails to account for the complexity of critical elements of the environment such as micropolitics. This position paper proposes a reconfiguration of the distributed leadership framework as a research framework in response to this critique. The paper asserts that this new perspective that is presented is able to respond to the critique through an integrated approach that encompasses situation, social distribution and task enactment and which supports an integrated approach to research methodology. This adapted framework has the potential to more fully support research design that is actuality holistic and embedded in the context.
Details
- Title
- Distributed leadership of school curriculum change: an integrative approach
- Creators
- Wendy Fasso - Central Queensland UniversityBruce Allen Knight - Central Queensland UniversityKen Purnell - Central Queensland University
- Publication Details
- School leadership & management, Vol.36(2), pp.204-220
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- Number of pages
- 17
- Identifiers
- 991013143425502368
- Copyright
- © 2016 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
- Academic Unit
- Faculty of Education
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article